Features Of A Science Flashcards
CORE features of a science
- Control
- Objectivity
- Replicability
- Empirical methods
Control
All scientists believe all variables should be controlled apart from the IV and DV for strong cause and effect to remove EV
Objectivity
Objective - facts (quantitative)
Replicability
Repeat an experiment exactly
Standardised procedures
Highly reliable
Empirical methods
Able to directly measure what you are studying
Predict behaviour
See and observe what you are measuring
Theory construction - hypothesis testing
Predicting outcome of the research
Experimental/Alternative/Null
Aim to prove or disprove the null as hard to prove ourselves right
Theory construction - falsifiability
Being able to prove or disprove the null. If cannot falsify then not a science
Theory Construction - paradigm and paradigm shift
Paradigm - a shared set of beliefs/assumptions about the processes of what is studied
In psychology - multiple paradigm, normal science, scientific revolution
Scientific revolution
Wundt
Freud
Skinner
Rogers
SLT
Cognitive psychology
Biological psychology
Cognitive neuroscience
Inductive process
Get evidence then create theory then test theory
Deductive process
Create a theory and find evidence after to support it
Why is using inductive and deductive best
To be scientific you need both. Make theory, test theory and recheck ins. Real life setting
